Why do we keep weakening ourselves in the midst of threats?

Remember that TV series series Lost in Space? Whenever the Robinson family’s robot heard something illogical, it would say “That does not compute,” and it quickly became part of pop culture. That catchphrase keeps popping into my head as I’m watching the downsizing of America’s military might while other nuclear powers are increasing their stockpiles and their bravado.

In an incident in mid-February, 2013, two Russian Tu-93 Bear H bombers equipped with nuclear-tipped cruise missiles circled the western Pacific island of Guam just hours before Obama’s State of the Union address. Due to its strategic location, Guam is of interest to China, North Korea and now, apparently, to Russia. The Russian aircraft left the U.S. territory quietly when they were intercepted by U.S. jets from Andersen Air Force Base on Guam, but the message had been delivered.

The maneuver was similar to incidents in June and July 2012 when Russian jets came provocatively close to California and Alaska, the latter in violation of the 2010 New START arms treaty. Obama’s reaction? Continue to talk arms reductions. He was planning a new round of strategic arms reduction talks with Russia and was expected to announce plans to cut U.S. nuclear forces by an additional one-third.

John Bolton, former United Nations ambassador and former State Department International Security Undersecretary, said the flights appeared to be part of an increasingly threatening strategic posture in response to the Obama administration’s anti-nuclear policies.

We’d all love to live in a world where nuclear weapons were unnecessary. Think of the incredible advancements we could make in science and medicine if every nation would spend its defense budgets on that type of research. But that’s not the kind of world in which we live and it never will be.

Does it make sense to you that the U.S. keeps pushing to reduce its arms while other countries become increasingly assertive and hostile toward us and our allies? What should be our response when Russia or China or North Korea engage in this kind of saber rattling? I’d really like to hear what you have to say on this subject.

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This name is not my name as I am hiding my real name to protect me! Actually, I am a retired Air Force Warrior which flew my Bombers with Nuclear Atomic bombs which was provided to protect America and his Allies! I spent eleven years in Combat which included 7 years of special Spying on China, North Korea, & Russia! I finally found out last December that I could tell my wife because I had to keep it secret! However, I have become a Psychologist and Educator, but had to retirement because of Government programs of Power has kept me quit! However, I am a Patriot and I have seen this Country losing the strength by losing our military, our ICBM’s and Air Force losing our power, while I see our enemies strengthening their power! I believe in Jesus Christ, and his words have warned our Country which it is now occurring with our President’s policies are hurting our Country. But, I understand that America’s powers are waning with plenty of problems that I do not understand with today! But, I am preparing for my family, and I thank this Patriot Organization which helps me preparing for what is next to cause us to stay alive! Thank you, for your program to help us all! God bless us all! the Doctor is in! Dr. Dre!

Wow, I agree with so much of what has been said already in the comments!! I do feel that we NEED to get Obama out of office a.s.a.p.! And probably most of the Obama-loving-and-following Congress too! We sure don’t want our country following the path it’s being led down — into oblivion.

Those of us who are old enough to remember what America was like in days past, before and during WWII, can see and are dismayed by what damage has been done, and is being done right now. America used to be a good country with good Christian people. Now it’s being turned into a Socialist/Communist country by a president who was put into power by those who believed his smile and charisma meant he was a good man. Boy were (and are!) they WRONG!! He should have been impeached many times over, and I wonder who is preventing that!!

Others before him have done harm, but he is the worst of all of them combined!! We used to vote for the best person running, now we can only vote for the least bad person running. MONEY has changed elections from what they used to be — and NOT for the good! Those who have the most money behind them get elected, unfortunately!

Plus, let’s get rid of the “electoral vote” farce as that is not the “people’s vote” anymore. Those in power have used re-districting to gain votes for their party of choice, which further changes the “people’s vote.” Let’s get back to where each person’s vote actually means something! AND, let’s find people to run for office who are smart enough, intelligent enough, caring enough to do a decent job in office! Let’s find someone who can SAVE our country and bring it back to what our forefather’s intended many years ago!!

As far as Russian belligerence goes, did Putin support a coup in Mexico to install leaders friendly to the Kremlin? How about Canada….no? Let’s remember that the USG is doing so in Ukraine, their backyard. It would be wise to stop taking foreign policy talking points from Straussian neo-liberals *cough* I mean neoconservatives like John Bolton.

how can i make others to understand this is GODS country and he is waiting for those in this country to pray to him for him to save us. we must as a country and as a people ask him to forgive us of our sins. ask him to save us from the devil that we elected as a nation. we will not rid our selves of him without GODS help for the devil is the great deceiver and his lies still even now hide his true identity. do not fool thyself the Bible say it is a man without power. that means he does not show that he is any thing more than a man but in real truth he is the most dangerous creature on earth because once he owns a soul they must do as he commands. the devil is our president and you should all be scared. if you want to stop him you must make our leaders in the senate and the house to pray for our forgiveness and our salvation for if they do not ask GOD to save us we will be destroyed before this time next year the LORD shall return, but we can only be saved by asking him to save our nation. read your Bibles. the devil shall rule 2300 days and then sanctification. i cant make any body believe and understand, but in 2015 this will all end.

Like Steve I, I never trusted this man from the start, before he was elected. He has a plan to to flat out destroy America, any way he can. The cutting back of our military force is a giant mistake. And now with the talks he attended just this past week in China to lower our emissions while China still gets to do as they have been doing for years how are we to compete in the global manufacturing arena?? With his war on carbon emissions, terrorism, Ebola, and economics he has America on a downward spiral to being a third world country. With our debt to China and the fact that the Fed is just printing more worthless paper money we are headed for a social, economic, and infrastructure collapse, not to mention our power grid is very outdated and could collapse from demand alone not to mention an EMP from the sun or an attack of any kind. All things a good president would be addressing in a positive way, not just sweeping it under the rug like Mr. Obama does. As thinly spread out as our military is we are in deep, deep trouble if we have any sort of attack on our country or it’s territories. His main goal is to make America fail and fall any way he can. Just look at all of his executive orders he has put into place, they are designed to far outlast his life span not to mention his time in office.

For those who intend to rule a world of enslaved peoples, there is no room for a nation like America. We have had a target on our back for decades. Now comes Obama for the coup de grace. He was put in place to set up the final decline and fall of a once great people. Presidents from Washington to Reagan have warned of it, but apathetic citizens have enjoyed the slide into oblivion. Kennedy was killed for getting in the way of the Grand Plan. It is fruitless to ask God to bless an America where corruption is the name of the game. Satan’s angels are dancing in the streets. Do you get the feeling that we are all on a Ship of Fools?

I never trusted the man. He entered the presidency mistoeriously, He Passes laws to benefit him illegally. Now he is disarming the worlds most powerful military. Sounds like a setup. We have to stick together as Americans to ensure this doesn’t happen.

It is difficult at best to understand obama’s intentions. It is not difficult to determine they are not now and will not in the future be beneficial in any way to this once great nation or the majority of the citizens. When it comes to the worlds bullies it is neither possible to reason with them or negociate with them in a reasonable way. Anyone who thinks it is, is only fooling themselves. Bullies recognize only one thing strength (power)! The current administration demonstrates weakness daily in nearly everything he does.

If however, anything has been learned during the last five, nearly six years, of the current administration it is that Ronald Reagan was correct in his analogy when he said (and I will paraphrase) America is but one generation away from total and complete destruction at any time. His intended advice was to emphasis being vigilante and guard against such a thing. Many including myself did not quite grasp the full meaning of that statement but it is playing out right in front of us. Most citizens liked to think our United States of America government was beyond reproach when it came to corruption. It is not! Those not in government do not understand many of the internal workings of government. It is however, enough to say all governments under either major party has a tendency to lean toward corruption anyone with just routine knowledge of government knows this. Each or better stated both parties can or could be tyrannical if not under constant oversight. At this very moment there seems to be none. Therefore, what can we expect? Exactly what we are getting and perhaps it will get worse before it gets better. Can we wake up in time? That remains to be seen.

My personal opinion is that you have elected a muslim president and he will go as far as he has to to set you up to be destroyed. The United States will never be the same ever again which means the fallout will effect Canada. With all he does opposite of what he should be doing I don’t understand why he has not been impeached. Nixon didn’t even do as much to destroy your country. Reduction of troops and less funding for them leaves your country unprotected. to eliminate or cover all Christian memorabelia or indicators of the faith and allow Muslim meetings and not Christian meeting in the White House is blasphemy. I wonder how many Muslim spiritual things are in the place of the Christian ones. He is more than bankrupting the country, he is selling it down the road. May God have mercy on him and all of you in the United States (which by the time he gets done will not be united states but just individuals struggling to servive. He is and has done everything to eliminate God from everything. Without God all will be lost. Personal opinion.

Yes, it is normal for the Russian’s Air Force to “probe” our aid defenses. Just as our used to do theirs. And, China’s. The difference is, when they used to probe, they stayed a good distance away, and our fighter guys intercepted them (and yes, the stories about flying upside down displaying Playboy Bunny photos are true), far away from targets. NOW, the ROI’s are so screwed up, and the cost of just fuel to do an intercept are an issue (along with the CO2 in the atmosphere!), so we let them very close per the nut cases in the White House. All the way to the top.

Yes, I sat alert during the Cold War. At that time, NO ONE in the world dared to screw with us, because we had Teddy’s “Big Stick” and could speak softly. The current idea of reducing the number of ICBMs on ground alert by one third is insane. “But, this time we won’t blow up the silo’s; we make it more difficult to counter, because they won’t know which ones are loaded.
HELLO Barry! They have more than 450 missiles with nuclear warheads. And, so called Synthetic Aperture Radar, CAN see submarines from space, so some sources say (it can see rivers buried under the Sahara Desert sand, so a little water shouldn’t be a problem). So, when someone gets enough warheads to hit each silo and sub twice or three times; game over!

Let’s see, than means (2×450=900) + (2×4=8)=908. Give or take a couple to take out Bangor Trident Base, WA and King’s Bay Trident Base, GE—we’re totally disarmed, and Game’s Over. We don’t have any bombers left on 15 minute alert. We only have 56 B-52s left and 17 B-2s which have nuc ability. Zero on alert.

The 90+ B-1Bs that could have nuc ability have been turned into conventional weapon carriers (carry more than a B-52 faster, stealthier and farther) for ACC’s fighter jocks; & ACC suggests dumping them to save money.

Obama’s Academia Advisors all believe WE—the USA—who has never started a war, are THE problem in the world. If we’d just disarm, play nice, everyone else would too.

Ask the folks in the Ukraine how useful the MREs are, we sent them to “assist against the Russian Army,” when we should have sent F=22s, Dragons, and Hellfire equipped Apaches, and the folks to explain them to the local Army! Right now they are watching their country being eaten away from the East.

Meanwhile, the folks in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania are watching closely; hoping we’ll honor our commitments as they are members of NATO. As are the Polish; who are begging us to send forces. Not a token 12 F-16s…which would last about 12 minutes…

Meanwhile China is testing a new maneuverable reentry MRBM and ICBM to target Carriers. Who besides the Chinese, Indians, and USA has Carriers they might want to target? Ah, the USN? Down to nice Carriers, right. So that means 18-27 missiles—right? No wonder the Taiwanese, Japanese, and Philippines are wondering what our ‘Shift to the Pacific’ means. If anything beside “Talk!” Which Barry is an expert at. Of course it doesn’t mean what he says, it is just hot air…

“Speak Softly and Carry a BIG Stick” really has meaning to people like Putin and Li Keqiang; Talk is worthless. Obama looks like a fool talking; while they are nibbling away at the edges. Time is running out for us, as a nation, if we continue to disarm. Believe me!

we should be removing obama from his seat. we need to mind our own business when it come to the middle east and there problems. where a piece od cat crap on the globe. no country cares for america anymore. screw them all. we have our own resources and people who need jobs. the corperations sending our jobs to india and mexico has to stop. get us out of opec and the UN.

Tell the New Marxist DemoRAT Party to remove the 39% tax on Corporations and they will stop shipping jobs over seas. As far as Obamination being removed from office we must first get Americans in Congress and with a pair of Balls, because you won’t get one Marxist Party DemoRAT to vote him out. DemoRAT didn’t remove Billy Jeff the Traitor so they will never remove our Illegal Alien Half Breed NOT BLACK for you Ignorant Blacks, Liberals and Muslims Marxist Sunni Muslims.

If you believe the MSM propaganda being spun in the West and the propaganda being spun in the East about the very current Ukraine situation, you get a cognitive disconnect. If you actually do some alternative media research , there is a totally different scenario going on.
At present , whether one wishes to admit it or not, we live in a totalitarian system. Same system as our brothers and sisters in Russia are under. Mr. O here and Mr. P there. Both “act” according to the dictates
of a system in which the same “elite” , be they bolsheviks, zionists, communists, fascists, subjugate WE the People. Until we have capable, righteous and true patriotic leadership who are not bound by excessive service to self, we are going to get this kind of BS foreign and domestic policy. We have idiots on both sides who would, for their own cabalistic endeavors, start a WW3. We can kiss our
collective rear-ends goodbye if such an event occurred.

An armed confrontation with Russia over something which the deranged elistists who have present sway over us have conjured up to keep us divided and fighting with one another while they laugh and see OUR sons and daughters, friends, neighbors do their unholy bidding cannot be tolerated any longer. If our Russian, WE the People, compatriots see our resolve to coexist in harmony with other nations without interference in their affairs, they will,by resonance, respond in a like manner.
The time is exponentially approaching everywhere when a thorough “house-cleaning” is going to happen.Its inevitable. It is in the stars as is said.
It’s just taking people like us drawing the line in the sand in whatever way we can and reassuming our power and responsibility as FREE men and women. We’re waking up, getting off our knees. And most of all, the Spirits are riding with us!

The world is a very dangerous place and any nation that will not stand up to defend itself will be cut down to the ground. America is the only nation in the world that can respond to any nation that seeks to over run any other nation by visible threats or using force. When we abdicate such a role, then the weaker countries will fall, hence WWI and WWII. We should not be involved in every war that exists, it is not wise to do so. When we do get involved in such a war, it would be wise to fight to win, not to drag it out
for ever. When we willingly castrate our armed forces in order to say to our enemies that we do not mean you any harm, then they WILL take advantage of such weakness and exploit it to their advantage.
We are stabbing our allies in the back with the Obama doctrine of ignoring what is happening and rewarding our enemies. With Obama’s doctrine America will not exist in the very near future and we will become history and the future of our children will be gone.

what this demonstrates is the fact that modern liberalism, which is really neo-marxism is a mental disorder. Reduce or eliminate the deterrent which is strategic defense and you enhance the chances of serious conflict instead of diminishing them. The rational part of the brain is disabled with this condition, hence the term disorder.

I’ve always been an adherent to “peace through strength”. Even the legitimate threat of strength has proven to be sufficient to maintaining a coherent foreign policy. I think we’ve already seen what perceived weakness in a leader creates as well. However, I think the world has changed in the last 50 years along with technology and even the type of conflicts we are embroiled in. I believe, first of all, we need to have a coherent, consistent foreign policy defining our commitments to our allies, our potential enemies, and even our own national interest at the global level. Our armed forces, both nuclear and conventional forces need to then be adjusted to reflect that policy. This needs to be something that Congress and the American people weigh in on. Finally, the War Powers Act needs to be “revised” to eliminating presidential adventuring.

The major seats of power through history and from the beginning of civilization have migrated out of Mesopotamia to Rome to Britain and then to the US…the powers at be have now decided it is time for the seat of power to move once again….that is why the powers behind the puppets have earmarked the US for it’s spiral downward into third world status….the next seat of world power is any one’s guess but I bet most of the readers here have a pretty good idea…..

The events that “trigger” any conflict that ever took place on earth, didn’t need to cause any concern, by those who had no power “fight back”. What “good” would it have done them? They “lost” , were conquered, obliterated, but they, while being thus processed, no longer thought it was just a game. If we disarm prior to being told what to do by a foreign country, how can we expect to be treated any differently?
Seventy years ago, there was a war, involving the whole world, those who had no arms were not major “players”. Their ideas of how the world should be run, were not listened to. If we have no power to “fight back”, they don’t have to bomb us, they have only to take what they want from us. Ever heard of rape & pillage? Some “enemies” consider that “just” pay.

We live in a complex world for sure, but that is no reason to panic. The Russians are not going to bomb us nor will the Chinese. We all love our children. Our greatest threat is from unsecured nukes on the black market making there way into the wrong hands. The largest missile arsenal cannot protect us from that. Many scientists believe we aren’t contacted by advanced alien races because they all have obliterated themselves. Perhaps the Russian military misses the cold war games we played for 50 years, it kept both sides sharp. Kinda like a football scrimmage, tough and fast but still just a game.

I grew up in a military family. My father flew in Vietnam…where government ran the show. Look what happened there? (hint: we lost) I flew during President Reagan’s strong Strategic Air Command (SAC) buildup in the 80’s where my bombers and our missile’s where bristling with nuclear firepower….look what happened? (hint: we won)
After nuclear alert was shutdown, the basic nuclear operations command sort of fell to the wayside, money was now used in conventional terrorism type weapons and purpose. Look what happened. (hint: we lost….just look back at all the nuclear handling mistakes made over the years….commanders being fired, nuclear commands being de-certified and rated unsatisfactory during inspections, etc).

I do understand the financial aspect, both my wife and I are just now coming off being furloughed, but pull the money too far down and the materials and weapons start to decay, training and proficiency starts to decay, mission focus and morale decays, etc. Look what happens? (hint: we lose)

While we are busy helping ourselves sink into the losing process, the other nations/beligerants out there take notice, and are building up their first-rate equipment, training programs, and probing our commitment and capabilities to respond. Iran, Taliban, N.Korea, China, Russia, to name a few. Look what happens? (hint: ????????)

There is no easy solution, but having a weak military invites trouble. If it the US were challenged, imagine the possible effect it could have on an already weak infrastructure, weak government, and under-trained/equipped military. We would likely strain to the breaking point in so many areas while trying to spin up a rapid response.
Just some thoughts from an old nuclear alert fart…….

Oh, please. Air defenses are probed by every major military power as a matter of routine. You’re trying to make a Mt. Saint Helens out of a molehill. We still have enough nuclear warheads to turn Russia and China into parking lots, not to mention a navy that is larger than the next 13 navies COMBINED. We’re armed to the gills — a little less “guns” and a little more “butter” would go a way to enhancing REAL national security.

How did Barry get his senator seat? No background check? Apparently not! He was however placed in W.H. office by the Powers That Be–Under the U.N. Millennium Declaration of 2000, nations need to have the same living standards–It isn’t fair that some live in dirt huts while others in suburbia or gleaming cities. Level the playing field…Web search copy, signed by Clinton but previously supported by H.W.)
Therefore America needs to be brought down. Barry Soreto gets his orders via teleprompter by his puppet masters–is not qualified to hold this office by his experience or brains—
Any nation coming here to blow us to smithereens won’t affect Barry or his administration– he supplied our enemies with weapons; ie., fast & furious and Benghazi and more…. Why would he care about Russian fly overs? He and Putin aren’t best buds…Let him get back to his card games, basketball and golf.

Do YOU get the feeling he was promised a life of ease & Air Force One as long as he complies with his “Masters?”

I really believe this administation (Hussain obama) whats to have the U.S. to be equal in every shape and form as other countries. He wants this country, these BEAUTIFUL United States of America to give up our top spot on this planet.In other words Like welfare and his socialist way of thinking…..nobody can have alot, so everyone will get alittle. I really cant wait for him to be impeached for allowing his ideaology to run his office. Marco Rubio for President in 2016 :-)

Jay was right about obama wanting more votes from welfare people instead of protecting our
country. But Hey, it is not hard to figure obama out. His mother , his grand parents and the
friends that he hangs out with are all admitted communist. What does anyone think that a
person born in Kenya and in the White House illegally and a sworn Muslim and Communist
is going to do. It is getting hard to turst nayone in government anymore. Congress does not
even have to abide buy the laws they pass. They are above the law. Tha’s why the founding
fathers of this country wanted a small government. The states and cities are becomeing
tax thirsty giants also.

It’s all about Personal power and personal Money. If more is spent on military personnel and equipment, then less is available for bailouts and Welfare. Welfare checks are the way the democrats stay in power by using tax money to buy votes. Money spent on military not only keeps us safe but leads to innovative products, technology, and the training of young people with discipline and Job Skills. Certainly much better than paying folks to do nothing but make more dependent democrats.

Obama has done Nothing to prevent the United States from sliding into decline Look seriously and those he has associated with and those who support him. This says a lot the attitude in this country is more concerned about who the bacholer will give a rose to or what the K

I really feel that Obama has a ‘death wish’ for the United States of America . He has done so many things that are either very stupid or have the ulterior motive to bring this country down and I think that it’s the latter…. the man tells so many lies and no one calls him on it!! Why are so many afraid to stand up to the man?? are they afraid of the ‘race card’ being played?why the 250 million sent to Egypt when we have people in need here? Why the White House tours cancelled yet his two daughters will spend spring break in the Bahamas??it is just ridiculous that he gets by with all this crap!!! Downsize our military?? Reduce our nuclear stockpiles?? Show respect and extend olive branches to those countries that set our flag on fire and and chant hateful things about our country?What the hell is wrong with the man?? one word,…….’ EVIL’…the man is truly evil.May God have mercy on our beloved America

Watching the news on north Korea is really starting to get to me. He’s a unstable kid with the run of the house and playing with daddy’s guns. Just lately emp alerts, military crossing the southern boarder, cyber crashing the south’s computers, posting videos of bombing the white house and our nations capital. Always threatening to bomb us. Well were building up our supplies in Alaska. That makes me feel a little better that just maybe we could stop an airstrike.

I don’t like Obama and I don’t think dismantling our military would bring about world peace, but I actually agree with lowering the military budget. We are deep in debt and on the verge of economic collapse, at this point lowering every budget would be a good idea. We don’t need a bigger military, we need a smarter military. You have a link on your site to a EMP warning site. Protecting our infrastructure against an EMP attack would be a better use of our military budget than some of the stuff they’re doing right now. Heck, most of our military budget goes to fighting the war on terror, which wouldn’t even be necessary if the media would tell us the truth about Islam. Unfortunately Obama is not decreasing the overall budget – just the military. He is not securing our infrastructure – he’s straining it. And he is definitely not going to admit the nature of Islam. Take the Pledge, Read the Koran.

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